From: Phillip Gawlowski <cmdjackryan@...>
Date: 2008-04-02T07:29:03+09:00
Subject: Re: should I use a database or a flat file?

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Todd Benson wrote:

|
| Well, "sledgehammer" was for humor.

Duly recognized, just ignored to stretch the metaphor to its breaking
point. ;)

I didn't mean to imply that the analogy was devoid of humor.

| A better analogy of my approach would be this darn overly large
| swiss army knife that doesn't always fit comfortably in my pocket,
| but I wear it any way just in case.

Well, a Leatherman would be my cultural weapon of choice.</discworld
reference>

| My only problem with SQLite is lack of foreign key constraints.

Which, last I heard, is in the works.

However, the zero-config approach suits very well for rapid development,
and, at least, prototyping.

And with ORM tools like Sequel, or Og, details like the the specific DB
become less of a concern, too.

- -- Phillip Gawlowski
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